The Land: Raiders: A LitRPG Saga

By: Aleron Kong

Narrated by: Nick Podehl

Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's Summary

Dr. Aleron Kong is the father of American LitRPG. Join him in his best-selling LitRPG saga, The Land. The journey of terrifying adventures, dangerous enemies, and heart-stopping wonder continues here. 

"This is the world you were meant to fight for!"

Welcome to the sixth vivacious installment of Aleron Kong's Chaos Seeds series.

The time of hiding has passed. The Mist Village will make itself known. Goblins have invaded Richter’s lands. Though the first incursion has been defeated, the anger of Chaos Seed remains. Those who challenge Richter’s power will learn there is a reason all creatures fear the mist.... It is the home of monsters.

For the first time, Richter takes the battle to his enemies. He will live up to his name, and the very Land will shake with this power. With his allies, the wood sprites of Nadria, the army of the Mist Village marches to war. Richter has been a healer, an enchanter, a dungeon diver, and a killer. Now he becomes something more. He becomes a raider!

This is a world of wonder and horror. This is a world of pain and joy. This is the world of monsters...and the brave men who battle them. Welcome back my friends!

Welcome back...to the Land!

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Prompts and Yet More Prompts: The RPG

I really like the Chaos Seeds series, but book 5 and book 6 were lacking in overall storyline and plot. Instead, it was listening to prompt after prompt after prompt.

You know what it was like? As a teen, I begged my boyfriend to teach me Dungeon and Dragons. Instead of spending time being a good teacher or playing a good game, he would instead spend hours bragging through all the choice he could have made. He would elaborate on what powers he chose for his characters and boast endlessly about how MinMaxed his character was. I would sit there screaming internally for him to get over his self ego pumping blow job and just let us play the game. What was more frustrating was that I had read his world material and the game potential was amazing....but every game required sitting there, nodding like a bobble head and trying to slog through the endless descriptions of shit that didn't matter.

That is exactly what book 5 was like as prompts would describe endless powers and potentials and repeating information that wasn't even being used by Richter immediately. There were so many repeating prompts, my husband put a ban on playing any more Chaos Seeds Audible files in the car because he refused to listen to "Someone reading off their Mary Sue character sheet over and over."

There is an amazing story here and I'm slogging through trying to find it, but both book 5 and book 6 feel like they're 75% prompts and point allocation and only 25% actual storyline. After 6 books we should be so much further into the actual story, more things on Richter's To Do list should be done, more exploration should be completed. I find myself hitting the 30second skip button now when I hear the "Prompt" voice start up...once I nearly skipped a full chapter because there were just that many useless prompts. Maybe its easier when reading, but I use audible for 90% of my books now a days.

What I hate is there is a good story here, but I'll probably never relisten to this series because I'm hating how much of a chore it is to get through the prompts. I wish I knew how to get this review to Aleron directly because I want to tell him his story is intriguing and I want to read it till the end...but the constant interruption of the storyline with the Richter reading an endless list of character stuff feels like being forced to sit through commercials in a movie. There is no satisfaction after SIX BOOKS to give you a feeling of completion. Its just a constant never ending cliff hanger from one book to the next without enough actual story to make you feel satisfied. Its beginning to feel pointless...probably because all the points got spent at some prompt I skipped over during a +5 boredom rebuff.

18 of 20 people found this review helpful

Incredible

Forget what you think. This series is amazing !!!! World and character building is so well thought out yet it is fun and light. Trust me on this one.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Starting to get bad

Whole chapters of stat reading of repetitive stat descriptions. I must have fast forwarded at least 45 min of the book if you add all the parts up. not sure if I will continue with this series.

16 of 19 people found this review helpful

Beyond Awesome

Its hard to put into words how much i enjoy this series.... if you've enjoyed Lit RPG in any way then i highly encourage you to grab book one and see just how awesome the Land is.

23 of 28 people found this review helpful

great book highly recommended

I absolutely love this series however the only complaint I have is that Richter never really seemed to do the main missions from previous books sure more missions keep adding on but he never really seems to clear out the backlog

15 of 19 people found this review helpful

Another great book

I really enjoy these books. They take you away from reality and keep your mind entertained. Both the story as well as the performance are excellent.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

BEST LITRPG BOOK SERIES IN THE WORLD!

This book is a must-read for anyone who likes fantasy, and especially for those who like litRPGs. I would even go as far as to recommend this book to just about anyone.

Aleron Kong has a unique, invigorating, and captivating writing style. He introduces a refreshingly intricate plot with lots of outstanding situations, but still has the discipline to tie all of these outstanders together - leaving no loose ends - in a way that is more than satisfying without being predictable.

Character development and situational closure are written with enlightenment. Coming from someone who has read all of "The Land" books thus far, Aleron is certainly one of the best authors I have ever seen and I eagerly await the next installments in this series!

Kudos!


In regards to Nick Podehl, he continues to impress me with his storytelling abilities. Unlike a lot of narrators that do audiobooks who are just reading words on a line with minimal effort, Nick seems to personally mesh with the lines that he's reading. He brings to life the characters that he voices, and is able to set a mood by the tone of his voice.

Double Kudos!

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Top notch story and narration! 5 stars is not enough!

Nick podehl is by far the best narrator out there. He brings these books to life! It amazes me how he remembers and maintains the exact same voices for characters in this series, book after book. As for the story. I can’t remember another series that has kept me as excited for the next book as the chaos seed storyline has. Aleron Kong is a master of weaving the story together and making it tense and funny and exciting all at once. By far one of my new favorite authors and stories. I highly recommend this book and the previous books in the series!

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

A fantastic story made even better by BRILLIANT..

A fantastic chapter in the story of Richter and the mist village. made even better by BRILLIANT narration by Nick Podehl. I haven't laughed out loud this while listening to a book. The characters are bright to life in a way that no one but Nick can accomplish. Hungry for book 7 and beyond!

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Best so far!

I really liked this one. It had a better feeling of pacing and closure before it ended and I can't wait to read the next. The narrator is (as always) amazing and pulls you fully into this amazing world.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Sigh...still s good story but....

Good story but too much character stat Reading.
It almost reads like a rulebook rather than a story

love it loveee it

so epic so amazing story and nick podehl just make everything much greater with his performance the only that make so sad that I finished the book

full of action!

loved the book. however the story is more of a build up to the following book. still a cracking read though.
most memorable moment was an epic battle in the book. was amazingly written!

great book

loved the book from start to finish,well written and narrated. keep up the good work :)

very good book

Was a very very good book could not stop listening would recommend this series A****

Just brilliant

I love this series and this might be the best yet. The narrator sounds believable and doesn’t detract from the story.

wow can't wait for the next one!

I really love these books, I just can't get enough the only thing that bugs me is hearing stats of things that are going to die soon after, it would be better if he just summed it up. still even with that one of the best series of listen to.

book 7 please!

when will the next book be out!!! this is by far my favourite series, both the author and narrator have done amazing job

Captivating

Everything was enjoyable as I'm always impressed with how the narrator makes me feel so in the moment. Looking forward to the next one!

great series!

This series gets better with every single release. dying to get my hands on the next one.